World premiere of Woody Allen's Whatever Works starring Larry David

It was the night all Woody Allen fans not wholly convinced by his much-touted 'return to form' had been waiting for: the first screening of Whatever Works. On paper it's got a lot going for it - Larry David (surely Woody's natural heir), for a start; Manhattan, for a second (this is the first time Woody has shot in his hometown since Melinda and Melinda).
Ben Walters thought it worked a treat; so why isn't Woody laughing, wonders Xan Brooks

The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator has appeared in Woody Allen movies before, in fact. He played a communist neighbour in Radio Days, and was alarmingly hairy as a theatre manager in Allen's contribution to New York Stories

But let's forget the past and look the future. Startling to note that none other than Mary-Kate Olsen is a jury member for this year's Tribeca film festival, which means that Allen's fate could lie in her hands